Thanks to the rise of language learning apps, such as Duolingo, the number of people learning a second – or third – language ...

Would you sacrifice one person to save five? Such moral choices could depend on whether you are using a foreign language or your native tongue. A new study from psychologists at the University of ...

In order to fulfill the language core in a modern foreign language other than the ones offered in the department, you must submit one of the following to the Associate Chair: You will then need to ...

When elementary and secondary schools and colleges around the country open for the fall semester, millions of students will not be studying a foreign language. Not necessarily for lack of interest.

Enrollment by college students in foreign language courses dropped a record 16.6% between fall 2016 and fall 2021, according to the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) most recent census, released ...

Undergraduate students are required to meet a foreign language requirement for their baccalaureate degree. The policy requires proficiency to be demonstrated at an intermediate-level comparable to the ...

Schools across the country, regardless of location or size, have reported difficulty in hiring teachers—particularly those with specialized skills, like special education teachers. Also on the list?

Foreign Language Student Residence participants eat together at their daily required dinner. The Foreign Language Student Residence program is one method for BYU students to work on their language ...

In a study with implications for businesspeople in a global economy, researchers at the University of Chicago have found that people make more rational decisions when they think through a problem in a ...

Learning a second language during childhood can prove to be a fun and fruitful experience for children. Though it has been ...

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, we have been looking at the importance of languages in schools. Today, Heather Singmaster, senior program associate, Asia Society, looks at how ...

Around 1,500 endangered and rare languages are at a high risk of being lost in the next century, according to a study of thousands of spoken languages. The study, published on Thursday in Nature ...